Reacción a "Reactions: COP28 approves "transition away from fossil fuels" in Global Stocktake"

This agreement offers positive aspects, such as the mention of progressively moving away from the use of fossil fuels for energy generation in an orderly and equitable manner, and the increase in both renewable energy penetration and energy efficiency.

However, the use of "transition away" instead of "phase out" seems to indicate acceptance of the possibility of exceeding the 1.5°C threshold in the coming years, since, in order to avoid exceeding it, global emissions reductions must be very ambitious and rely on CO₂ capture to be below that warming threshold by the end of the century.

The insufficient ambition in the reduction of emissions that the text of the agreement reveals (its implementation remains to be seen) and the continuation of global warming in the coming decades make efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change that are already being experienced on a local and regional scale even more relevant. It is especially important that adaptation financing by countries with the capacity to adapt is commensurate with the challenges that the most vulnerable countries need, because otherwise, in addition to human and ecosystem losses, economic losses risk reducing their capacity to make an orderly transition to a fossil fuel-free energy system.